Railway-track construction.



B. TAKA OS. RAILWAY TRACK GONSTRUOTION. APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1911.

1,004,932, 4 Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

WIT/ 555 I Aria/mm I IBERTALAN TAKACS, 0F PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.

RAILWAY-TRACK CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 6, 1911.

Patented Got. 3, 1911. Serial No. 637,048.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTALAN Tainics, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Track Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an im-' proved railway-track construction, and its primary object is to construct a road bed for railways comprising rail. supports, preferably made of stone, embedded'in concrete so that the rails may have a solid and rigid foundation.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, itbeing understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and minor details of construction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a railway-track constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3'3 of Fig. 1.

According to this invention a suitable trench is prepared, into which are placed cross-ties 4, 41, preferably made of stone, and properly strengthened by ironbands 5, 5, which are held upon the longitudinal sides 4, 4" thereof by screw bolts 6, .6 and 7, 7. The bolts 6 are seated in holes 8, 8 near to l the ends of the ties, and engage perforations 9, 9 in the iron bands 5, 5, while the screw bolts 7, 7 are in a similarmanner ar ranged at suitable distances from the ends of the ties. The ends 10, 10 of the iron bands 5, 5 are bent over the vertical edges of the tics, protecting thereby the same. The ties are spaced apart in the trench so that the ends of the rails 11, 11 rest thereon. At intermediate points are located, for supporting the rails, a plurality of stone blocks 12, 12 at distances varying according to the requirements, that is to say varying according to the sizes and weights of the rails and the strength required of the track, which depends, of course, upon the type and weight of the train to travel thereon. Each pair of stone blocks is connected by transverse iron bars 13, 13, the ends 14, 14 of which are bent over the outer vertical edges of said stone blocks. These bars are attached to the longitudinal sides 12', 12' of the stone blocks by means of screw bolts 15, 15 in the same manner as the iron bands 5, 5 are attached to the ties 4, 4.

When the ties and stone blocks are in their proper positions, a mass of concrete, denoted by the numeral 16, is filled into a trench between the stone blocks and the ties, and a mass of concrete 17 between adjoining ties; the u )per surface of the concrete filling being flush with the upper surfaces of the ties and stone blocks, so that the rails will be supported throughout their lengths.

It will be observed that the iron bands 5, 5 and the transverse iron bars 18, 13 serve as reinforcing means for the mass of con crete, into which are embedded the stone blocks and the ties, so that a continuous unbroken structure is formed from tie to tie, that is throughout the length of a rail pair.

After the setting of the concrete mass, the rails are placed upon the ties and stone blocks, and the meeting ends of said rails connected by fish-plates 1 8, 18 in the usual manner. To prevent the transverse and longitudinal movement of the rails, spikes 19, 19 are employed, which are driven into wooden wedges 20, 20, arranged in recesses 21, 21 in the stone blocks 12, 12 and in recesses near the ends of the ties 4, 4. Instead of the spikes other fastening means may just as well bemade use of without departing from the spirit of the invention, for instance rail clamps 22, 22, which are held upon the stone blocks. by nuts 23, 23

meshing with screw threaded bolts 24, 24,

passing through the stone blocks. The adjoining ends .Of' the rail sections are furthermore connected with the ties by means of clam plates 25, 25, which are pivotally fastened to the ties by the bolts 7, 7 passing thcrct-hroiigh, and secured to the fish-plates by nuts 26, 26, meshing with the bolts 27, 27, which connect the rail sections and the said fish-plates. The clamp plates-25 are, of

course fastened to the ties 4, t before the mess of concrete is filled into the space between the ties.

What I claim is 1. In a railway-track construction, the combination with a pair of rails, of crossties supporting the ends of said rails, stone blocks supporting said rails at intermediate pointb between said ties, transverse bars eonnecting each pen of stone blocks which are arrauiged in lines parallel to the axes o't:

said ties, and a body of concrete filling in,

the space between said ties and bloeks.

Q. In it railwuy-trnek construction, the combination with a pair of rails, 0i crossties supporting the OIHIlS of said rails, stone blocks urumged below said rails at intern1ediate points between S'Ptit ties, transverse bars eonnectuig GZLCA pair of stone blocks which are arranged in lines parallel to the axes of said ties, and a hot y of concrete filling in the space between said ties and said blocks, the upper surface of said body of concrete being flush with the upper surfaces' of said ties and stone block's, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Sigrwcl at Perth Amboy, in the county of Iviichllesex and State of New Jersey, this 80th day of June A. D. 1911. 

